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A soft microenvironment protects from failure of Midbody abscission and multinucleation downstream of the EMT-promoting transcription factor snail

Author(s): Simi, Allison K.; Anlaş, Alişya A.; Stallings-Mann, Melody; Zhang, Sherry; Hsia, Tiffaney; et al

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Abstract: Multinucleation is found in more than one third of tumors and is linked to increased tolerance for mutation, resistance to chemotherapy, and invasive potential. The integrity of the genome depends on proper execution of the cell cycle, which can be altered through mechanotransduction pathways as the tumor microenvironment stiffens during tumorigenesis. Here, we show that signaling downstream of matrix metalloprotei-nase-3 (MMP3) or TGFb, known inducers of epithelial–mes-enchymal transition (EMT), also promotes multinucleation in stiff microenvironments through Snail-dependent expression of the filament-forming protein septin-6, resulting in midbody persistence, abscission failure, and multinucleation. Consistently, we observed elevated expression of Snail and septin-6 as well as multinucleation in a human patient sample of metaplastic carcinoma of the breast, a rare classification characterized by deposition of collagen fibers and active EMT. In contrast, a soft microenvironment protected mammary epithelial cells from becoming multinucleated by preventing Snail-induced upregulation of septin-6. Our data suggest that tissue stiffening during tumorigenesis synergizes with oncogenic signaling to promote genomic abnormalities that drive cancer progression. Significance: These findings reveal tissue stiffening during tumorigenesis synergizes with oncogenic signaling to promote genomic abnormalities that drive cancer progression.
Publication Date: 1-May-2018
Citation: Simi, AK, Anlaş, AA, Stallings-Mann, M, Zhang, S, Hsia, T, Cichon, M, Radisky, DC, Nelson, CM. (2018). A soft microenvironment protects from failure of Midbody abscission and multinucleation downstream of the EMT-promoting transcription factor snail. Cancer Research, 78 (2277 - 2289). doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-17-2899
DOI: doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-17-2899
Pages: 2277 - 2289
Type of Material: Journal Article
Journal/Proceeding Title: Cancer Research
Version: Author's manuscript



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